BREAKING NEWS: Man has died following collision on A27 between Polegate and Lewes

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Published:16:41Thursday 05 March 2015

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A man has died following a collision on the A27 between Polegate and Lewes this afternoon (Thursday March 5), police said.

At 11.40am a 41-ton container lorry with a load of aluminium overturned on to its side on the westbound A27 outside Folkington Manor between Polegate and Drusillas roundabout, and collided with a car, police said.

Police said rescue services released the driver of the car, who was its sole occupant, but sadly he was confirmed dead at the scene.

He is believed to be a man in his late forties who does not come from Sussex. Police said his next of kin are being contacted.

The driver of the container lorry was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton to be treated for serious but not life-threatening injuries, police said.